Here's some pics of the first water-cooled Harley"s. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...D7&FORM=IQFRBA

 

There are already more powerful AIR cooled engines out there made by other manufacturers. Polaris just made one recently (Indian), on top of that "other" more powerful air-cooled v-twin they make (Victory). On top of that, Yamaha has been doing it for years with their 113.
There's no reason Harley can't do the same, there's just going to have to figure out how to make one that'll meet emissions, and make more power, without running so darn hot. It's not impossible.....

 

Exactly.. Last I looked they have been making them for 10 years.

 

Rumor has it that the FLTR will come back with a water cooled head. I got it from a good source, someone on this site.

 

much easier to do an oil cooled head, ala XR1200, and pretty damned effective

 

you want liquid cooled? ... ride your bike in the rain

 

Owner of where I work, not at all a BS guy, his brother is a high up manufacturing manager at the York PA plant. His exact words about water cooled TOURING HD's................ "they are coming". Now he did not let on whether it was this year or not though

 

You said "Harley",I just see a Vrod

 

so let's think about this for just a minute


anytime something revlutionarily new comes to a manufacturer they NEED to train the technicians that will be working on these new things

anyone heard of any HD techs being sent for training lately?

I mean yes, HD can keep it under wraps for a while, but water cooled CVO's would require a bit of training and as of yet nothing

 

We'll find out soon enough. Should be interesting to see the reaction of people if they do.